Scott Staples

Scott has more than 30 years of experience in the Services, Digital, and IT Services sector. As CEO of First Advantage, Scott runs the largest background screening company in the world doing business with 35,000 clients in 200 countries and territories and with 4,300 employees. First Advantage is based in Atlanta, GA.

In 1999, Scott co-founded Mindtree, a digital transformation and IT services company. Scott helped take Mindtree public in 2007 and the Mindtree IPO became one of the most successful in IT Services history. At Mindtree, Scott served as president of the Americas and head of vertical markets. Scott helped grow Mindtree to a $1B company with 20,000+ employees around the world.

Scott is known as a “growth entrepreneur” and was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Technology Services in 2015.

Scott is a frequent contributor to industry magazines and journals, webinars, and conferences. Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Delaware and a Master’s in Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey.